Music Reviews

0 commentsKathy Compton, Ezra Hamilton & Alexandra Scott at Gravity LoungeSaturday, May 29
I had only the faintest glimmering of what to expect when I descended into the Gravity Lounge for Kathy Compton's...

0 commentsFairweather Bums at Shebeen May 22
I haven't been in school for a while, but I'm still learning things. Just last Saturday night at Shebeen, I was lucky enough to take away three valuable pieces of...

0 commentsEzra Hamilton and Friends at Atomic BurritoFriday, May 21
"People just don't understand it here," he said brushing the hair on his face with the palm of his hand. "I'm from California, San Francisco...

0 commentsHowie Campbell at the Grounds CaféMay 15
I received an email announcement about singer/songwriter Howie Campbell's show at the Grounds Café in Seminole Square on Thursday or Friday, and it had all...

0 commentsSouthside Funk Brothersat OrbitSaturday, May 15
The Los Angeles Lakers fell behind the San Antonio Spurs early on in the best out of seven conference finals series. San Antonio dominated the first...

0 commentsFel Sweetenberg: Lost Dreams, Wasted Talent (SoulSpasm/Groove Attack records)
To make my point about the album under discussion, allow me to quote a bit from "Lost Children," the third track of Fel...

0 commentsBlockheadMusic By CavelightNinja Tunes records
Spring is upon us. Unpredictable weather. Flash storms. The signs are all there. Overcast and rainy days just put me in a mood. Not a good or a bad...

0 commentsWilcoA Ghost is BornNonesuch records
Maybe it's a fake. Maybe they're just joshing us. Maybe the real one exists, buried away in some vault until the right time for its release. Maybe Jeff Tweedy's...

0 commentsBlack Voices' Spring ConcertOld Cabell Hall Saturday, April 24
I was raised in the church. Three days a week my family attended. There was Bible study, choir practice, and Sunday service. I was never...

0 commentsEarly Music EnsembleOld Cabell HallSunday, April 25
I was trying to come up with a catchy opening line for this review of the Early Music Ensemble's (EME) afternoon performance at Old Cabell Hall,...

0 commentsBlack MarketThe WallStrong Quality Music
I first met Black Market a few months back while hanging out down at the 91.9 station. I was there to support some friends of mine who were debuting their new...

0 commentsLuaat Twisted Branch Tea BazaarFriday, April 16
"For the first three days, you look at the people dancing to the band, laughing at their foolishness. Then, at four days on the open sea, you start...

0 commentsThe Treatment, The Stabones, and Hours on End on Price Avenue April 10
In Charlottesville, most venues have a set list of bands that they rotate through their weekly schedules– it's hard for...

0 commentsBrandon Dudley, Galactic, and Little Brother Various venuesMarch 31-April 3
The past month has been major for Charlottesville music, with creative energies bubbling all over town.
The new Music...

0 commentsRule of Thumpat Miller'sMarch 27, 2003
Miller's is an acoustic nightmare. I mean, let's get serious here for a second. Every time I walk in there I feel like John Travolta in that movie Phenomenon....

0 commentsMetropolitanat Tokyo RoseMarch 27
With little time to say aloha (meaning hello rather than goodbye) to anyone at the bar, 12:47am Sunday morning found me tromping briskly down to the Tokyo...

0 commentsDeep FriedStarr Hill Music HallMarch 17
It was St. Patrick's day and I didn't even know it. Whatever happened to people wearing green and pinching each other in the rear? Alas, there was no green,...

0 commentsTV on the Radio: Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
There are some albums that just breathe cool; you can almost sense them releasing it from the depths of the vinyl/plastic grooves, feel it taking...

0 commentsThe Parlor Scouts and the Comas at Tokyo RoseMarch 13
Like a plague of locusts descending on a warned but helpless populace, the students have returned from their yearly beer bong-soaked love fest...

0 commentsAsheru and Blue Black of Unspoken Heard
48 Months (7Heads Recordings)
From 1996 to 2000 was an interesting time for hip-hop music. Commercially the art form was beginning to reach a new high...

0 commentsRobert Jospé and Inner Rhythm: Hands On
Pop! That's the sound of me pulling my head out of my ass. Seems that I've been so engrossed in my own goings on that I've lost touch with the outside...

0 commentsThe Mountain Goats: We Shall All Be Healed
The Mountain Goats are the new indie-rock hip shoe of choice.
Reason #1: WTJU's (91.1) recent rock marathon featured one two-hour block of the group's...

0 commentsThe Walkmen: Bows + Arrows
I didn't get the garage/indie-rock group The Walkmen's latest release, Bows + Arrows, when I first got hold of it. I had enjoyed their 2002 release, Everyone Who...